In my experience, line wrapping makes line numbering uglier and less intuitively useful. This impacts line operations. I agree with Linus in some ways, but I t

In my experience, line wrapping makes line numbering uglier and less intuitively useful. This impacts line operations. I agree with Linus in some ways, but I think he's also repping a broad-front executive-style decision rather than a really nuanced one. And the details can really impact the preference in a case like this.